[kictanet] Fwd: ICT Authority Chanuka Newsletter: October 2015

Tue Nov 3 11:33:24 EAT 2015

Listers,

Below is the ICT Authority Quarterly newsletter.  You can reach me for any
further information.

Message from the Chief Executive Officer

*Looking at ICT in Government through one lens*

Two years ago, when the ICT Authority was formed our vision was that of
consolidation of ICT functions across government.

This was necessitated by the fact that the management, support and
acquisition of ICT goods and services was often fragmented and
uncoordinated leading to duplications, wastage and difficulties in sharing
data across systems. This has also exposed Government Systems to poor
software licensing regimes, inefficient support services and cyber threats.

To address this challenge we started by developing the Government
Enterprise Architecture (GEA) and key domain standards in collaboration
with Kenya Bureau of Standards. We have so far established a working
framework with all public entities. Check standards here
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We are now following up with compliance, with support from relevant
government organs and effective mid-October, 2015 the Authority will
oversee the below:

   1. Guide the acquisition of ICT goods and services and implementation of
   ICT projects for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA's).
   2. Sign Service Level Agreements with MDAs to govern the quality of
   services provided to them under the Frameworks agreements.
   3. Determine whether new requirements from MDA's can be met within an
   existing Framework Agreement and engage with new or existing vendors to
   meet new requirements.
   4. Work with MDA's in compliance of the guidelines and standards.

This is a welcome move to us and our stakeholders as we look into building
a more receptive, robust and largescale ICT use in public service.

For more information on this do contact us at *communications at ict.go.ke*

Wishing you a productive last quarter of 2015.

*Eng. Victor Kyalo,*
*Chief Executive Officer*
*ICT Authority*

*Establishment of Enterprise Kenya (EK)*

We are looking to operationalize Enterprise Kenya,a  national accelerator,
responsible for nurturing ICT innovations in the country. The initiative
will provide entrepreneurs with needed support across the innovation value
chain from idea to growth to scaling stages. The accelerator will be
domiciled at ICT Authority.

The key areas of focus will be:

   - Scaling up ICT start - ups to commercialization. To this end,
   innovators will be introduced to experts in the ICT industry as well as
   potential customers.
   - Enterprise Kenya will invest financially to selected potential
   innovators.
   - Facilitate Export - Innovators will participate in trade related forums
   - Secure Investment advice - A professional private Equity Fund Manager
   will be contracted to oversee day to day administration of the National
   ICT Innovation Fund

A board sub-committee comprising of 4 members has been selected and
approved . We anticipate to complete the following by December 2015.
Appointment of ;

   - Acting Head of EK Secretariat
   - Private Sector members (6 including chair) of EK
   - Working Team Advisory Council
   - Council of Patrons

This initiative is spearheaded by His Excellency The President of
the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged KES 1 billion as seed
fund to jump start Enterprise Kenya during the Kenya ICT Innovation held on
3rd and 4th March 2015. Additional funds will be from the private sector.
Investors will benefit from acquiring equity in the firms under Enterprise
Kenya.

*Explore Kenya's history through accessing images and video online*

An online portal will be made available from December 2015 to allow
citizens to view and purchase copies of Kenya historical  images. The team
has so far scanned and indexed over 40,000 images out of a collection of
nearly 1 million images and documents from the Kenya News Agency archive.
The ICT Authority is implementing the digitization of the images. Read more
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View photos here
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*More Government agencies now ready to share their data publicly*

31 government agencies out of a total of 262 have shared their data on the
Kenya Open Data platform.
The Kenya Open Data Initiative launched their new portal in July 2015, and
has seen the number of datasets grow to 692 from 680 in just a few months.
In addition, Kenya Open Data has launched a budget app
http://budget.opendata.go.ke/
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that
makes it easy for citizens, officials and other stakeholders to interact
with budget data and enhance engagement in transparency in financial
planning at the National Level.
To increase data surfacing, KODI has introduced the Open Data Fellows
program that embeds eight fellows in three government ministries
(Agricultural Food and Fisheries Authority - AFFA, The Auditor General's
Office (KENAO), National Transport and Safety Authority - NTSA) and Kiambu
County Government.
In July, the portal was awarded as one of the top 3 open data portals
worldwide in award scheme sponsored by Bloomberg and Open Data Institute.

View new open data portal https://www.opendata.go.ke/
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*Development of GoK ICT Standards complete*

Government ICT standards and guidelines have been developed and completed.
Key thematic areas  that have been considered for standards include:

   1. Infrastructure
   2. Information security
   3. Application systems
   4. Information Management
   5. ICT Human Resource Management
   6. IT Governance

A circular has been issued to ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDA's)
to comply with the standards.

A third stakeholder workshop is being organized for the heads of ICT in
ministries and agencies to sensitize them on the standards compliance and
how to develop their own Enterprise Architectures in line with the
Government Enterprise Architecture (GEA)

*Further deliberations on the draft Critical Infrastructure Bill*

The draft Critical Infrastructure Bill is expected to be presented to
parliament in November 2015 for further deliberations before it is passed
to law.  Read more on the Critical Infrastructure Bill here
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7mGTH5L1SuLtBIbdiL08uzNxpfAd5PwdUfTsYq4twI2L9V-xNb90IA1AVIGQFnAL_SfuZgR16qHS1IFyzrtTZMQASKtZARi6pSvRWdzBbQHLeP23QmW4vOa8549KaI4pTWjwHsDM67tHtElxRirZp9n3RbJ7g7wHrQ==&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>

*Renew your driving licence online *

You can now renew your driving license,book your driving test and download
your interim driving license online. This service has been made possible by
the National Transport and Safety Authority in conjunction with ICT
Authority through the eCitizen self service portal that is user friendly.
View portal here
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7mGTH5L1SuLtrrTPO6A9dQ_f_EBC7H-vQ61fZ7f9lTxap3gwuy3BqlCYYdUawd-hf-iQFwBIE8TAs7mT3Z59UItvme-U8X0eKodJ24q2izrdTzzGBBE88hjk9iYMSubpt-_kLN2-x4gD-_rMwxxPEhM=&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>

*County ICT Roadmaps completed and key findings to success Released*

Strategic partnerships are critical to County Governments ICT
transformation and improved service delivery. This is according to the
latest findings from the County ICT Transformation project that is
spearheaded by the ICT Authority to improve counties efficiency and
effectiveness in public service delivery. *Read more
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7mGTH5L1SuLtSq9ZEh6lgKpeTMbovmGMpgGIAcRQqcQtCm4CUcdGHSWncr0-gW9S3tDM4MKWOBhGFy9npwQirevGnCNZ8cXKg1n7XfRonqCh1APspFYZYB42TDNZNcHGMP8UsSbOPrk54KsTi_0jo-Hpbkepkgcu7F0xAD4yY8mJ-i3VG-heQtADrXy_thbEzw==&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>*

The ICT industry is dynamic and rapidly evolves. To keep up with the
changes in technology, regulatory practices, policy, changing business
models and other industry issues, various research studies are carried out
from time to time. Kindly click the link here
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7jWjYEynnLMF9DozU0_F8DFq2cOrl0p33FMm401KCgnOhtxjEmdz7FdJlskXwt44kLibud3jOVZA6gBLsJzW1PJv7gwDRkpfHKzQULQ52vjKZeZ9ho7GhFs=&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>
to
view some of the research studies.

* Kenya engineering students benefit from ICT capacity building program *
10 beneficiaries of Huawei Seeds for the Future Internship program recently
attended a 2-week further training at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen,
China. This was the second batch after 9 students attended the training
last year. Read more
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7g7AI3wNDPY0Lm9cBnRCoI4lClhd-bESRg77NrPHX1kti2edRqiX8dM0-QMBnV4hXBJkc0liKKzjj2DONboRI_G_Btr3nWlV3QiY2nuNJGvEimePi_p0akh9NySKRi33aN80KM3CcJArBTRKPMh38rqSKBhEDrGWUe7IuspStzI_Wn2GUpR5B1bJA9_KlFZSR1dEmEVqWk_oVn-fQ_QHuf0=&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>

*Fibre optic cable linking Kenya and South Sudan Commences*
Kenya and South Sudan will be connected to high speed fibre optic cable
within the next 2 years thus enhancing communication and inter- border
trade. Read more
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7ki2o-Tfbsis7sHn5h6lMNiNUhlxQn_MBN-AW_40f5lypEomW6YoYCZc5rrsO-Qft0V27YlSwCdiZ67rV0bDsgxt4w9QsMImVcn_W_AnKhFvmwdFLttrtdxWiuxEAelNbS8rX9K2hHWBeCKxQEHQJIUYDswwuD-Zw9iAR3YMsyJZAe8oXBErunhv1JtJTnPzdnVna_D1-mnv&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>

*Implementation of Digital Literacy Program in Primary schools*
25 companies submitted their Expression of Interest proposals for the
provision of goods and related services for the implementation of the
Digital Literacy Programme in public primary schools in Kenya. Read more
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cJ7H_R9E0F_VyMtynBcBcrPVrsu_aqxCCwKXGZtScS11o42CPKLI7r92XIBiYmslO4tcKtXvSsDxAbwU2rbElbs0zhYkuEcg7SCze6cWtWXvXTR7FtJb1kZl4Zu8Xte7ZYRMUKWmBFGWyoK0QoZz8SFJkTKC-xHGVY38KBMB5yTr4eTGgmgQ9R9i5lsW5qkUbXrBg6KmOiRWTfNHhQnkp-iQvAlQPmDCS-Fukox_AKPv1VgrV8lzlMV5V2EwZ00Vg6-U6zTz5u7B2X877tlvGCbc0M5NdJFfaP1ERS4qlm0=&c=mtND-VSe__a6t0lM-j4MqftUshneBvkOhKmF95Tkz1VVf0NJadGq8g==&ch=L5AMV8f70uB7LBqaLUJqT5a3Mz72I85V3bukUvoLxCoUc5wDzBoYgQ==>

The evaluation of the 25 companies is complete. We expect shortlisted
candidates to be issued with Request for Proposal (RFP) and thereafter, an
evaluation will be done to determine the winner of the tender.

* 5th CIO100 Annual Symposium and Awards 2015 (5th - 6th November 2015) *
ICT Authority is a partner in this year's CIO100 Symposium and award
ceremony.It is a celebration of 100 organizations (and the people within
them) that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver
business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing
business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with
customers.
For more information, visit
http://www.cio.co.ke/events/cio-events/cio100-symposium-and-awards
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* Kenya News Agency web portal launch( 5th December 2015) *
The Kenya News Agency will be launching an eCommerce web  portal that will
provide Kenyans with a platform to access digitized historical content such
as photos, videos, news stories and features at a click of a button.

* NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2016 ( 10th - 12th February 2016) *
Each year,the ICT Authority organizes a benchmarking tour to India for
Kenya ICT companies. The delegates also get to attend the NASSCOM India
Leadership Forum. The forum creates opportunities, collaborations and
disseminates knowledge to thought leaders.The 2016 edition  is now open for
registration. *Read more
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For a chance to participate,email *Lucy Mbuvi* at *lmbuvi at ict.go.ke
<lmbuvi at ict.go.ke>*

* View more events
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